Posted on 02/01/2016 12:38:33 PM PST by BenLurkin
We don't incessantly stare at other people when we speak to them, and we don't expect them to stare back.
Programming companion robots to understand this kind of social protocol is tricky but crucial, according to researcher Sean Andrist, a Ph.D. student at the University of Wisconsin's Department of Computer Sciences.
An interesting write-up over at IEEE Spectrum details Andrist's research, which involves the "gaze mechanisms" that we humans take for granted when interacting with one another. The goal is to improve the function of both physical humanoid robots and virtual avatars by establishing rules that govern when, why and for how long they maintain eye contact.
... When working with "socially assistive" robots - those meant to instruct or motivate their human partner - test subjects performed tasks much more successfully when gaze mechanisms were tweaked.
"The conversations were much more fluid when the robot looked away correctly," Andrist says in his presentation video. "People enjoyed talking to that robot more."
(Excerpt) Read more at news.discovery.com ...
He looks exactly what I imagine an inbred pig would look like.
Now that’s funny!
Robots don’t understand anything. They are devices controlled by a program. Emotions and understanding are all simulated.
Wir Sind Die Roboter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DBc5NpyEoo
He needs to shave his ears.
I would expect such a comment over on DU but not here........I thought this site was inhabited by adults..........sheesh!
No kidding! I have a single hair that grows on my ear lobe, and it drives me nuts if I don't shave it. Jeb has a bush growing on his ears!
“Robots don’t understand anything. They are devices controlled by a program. Emotions and understanding are all simulated.”
True, but the simulations are getting better and better.
What happens when we cannot tell the simulations from the real thing, except with considerable effort?
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